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What happened when Australia sent machine guns after emus

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ABC Midwest & Wheatbelt: Australia’s Emu War, 90 years on National Archives of Australia: Environmental issues from the not so distant past Libby Robin, “Emu: national symbols and ecological limits,” Boom and Bust (CSIRO, 2009), pp. 255–257; ANU repository

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An emu standing in dry grass in South Australia.
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An emu standing in dry grass in South Australia.

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Donald Hobern
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CC BY 2.0
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